Marin Hopper

Marin Hopper

Marin Hopper is an American designer, former fashion executive, and the founder of Hayward Luxury and Hopper Goods.^[1]

Family[]

Hopper is the daughter of filmmaker Dennis Hopper and actress Brooke Hayward. She is the granddaughter of Margaret Sullivan and Leland Hayward. She is the great granddaughter of William Hayward and Maisie Manwaring Plant Hayward, the then owner of the Cartier Mansion.^[2]

Her godmother is Jane Fonda.^[3] Her step-grandmothers are socialites Slim Keith and Pamela Harriman.^[4]

Early life[]

1712 North Crescent Heights[]

Marin Hopper was raised by Dennis Hopper and Brooke Hayward on 1712 North Crescent Heights, a house perched above the sunset strip. While living there, her father, Dennis Hopper, amassed a collection of art, from paintings by Warhol to prints by Lichtenstein. Hopper owned the first Warhol soup-can painting ever sold. The house was known for its frequent visitors, ranging from artists to writers to Hells Angels. Hopper lived there with her parents between the years of 1963 and 1977.^[5]

Growing up, she attended Harvard-Westlake, and spent summers in Malibu with Michelle Walker and her grandmother, Jennifer Jones.^[6]

Career[]

Writing[]

Hopper has contributed essays to The New York Times Magazine and Harpers Bazaar on her childhood in Los Angeles and trips to Taos.^[7][8]

In 2015, Hopper, collaborated with Michael Schmelling to create Drugstore Camera, a book of Hopper's Nikon photographs taken in Taos after wrapping Easy Rider. Marin went with her father, only age six at the time, along with Bob Rafelson. Following the trip to New Mexico, Hopper sent the film to the local pharmacy to develop. When Walter Hopps, a Los Angeles curator, went to Taos to collect Hopper's negatives, the drugstore images stayed behind. Marin later discovered them in a box marked 'personal.'^[9]

In 2016, Hopper created 'Colors: the Polaroids,' documenting Hopper's polaroids of the 1980s. Following his trip to Taos, Hopper returned to Los Angeles. He was particularly attracted to gang graffiti, and made use of his polaroid to capture the graffiti he saw while filming the movie Colors. The Polaroids presented in the book are proof of that observation.^[10]

In 2019, Hopper again worked with Michael Schmelling to create 'Dennis Hopper: in Dreams: Scenes From the Archive.' Schmelling and Hopper selected over 100 photos from the archive of the Hopper Trust, most of which were previously unpublished. 'In Dreams' is a documentation of the 1960s, seen through the eyes of Hopper, peopled with friends such as John Wayne, Peter Fonda and Wallace Berman.^[11]

Fashion[]

From 1990 to 2010, Hopper served as a fashion consultant to Tod's. From 2000 to 2010, Hopper was also a consultant to Hogan's, working with both brands and providing style direction. Hopper was Special Projects Editor at Vogue, and in 1995 she joined Elle as Style Director. A year later in 1996 she was named Fashion Director.^[12]

Hayward Luxury and Hopper Goods[]

Leaving corporate fashion to start her own brand in 2006, Hayward Luxury was born when Hopper wanted to give an alligator bag to a friend. She couldn't find anything she liked, so she came up with a design herself.^[13][14]

Many of Hopper's designs are inspired by family members. Socialite Slim Keith, Hopper's step-grandmother, loved boxed clutches, so Hopper created a slim box clutch for her. There is a design named after her daughter, Violet, and the 'Maggie' bag is named for her grandmother, actress Margaret Sullivan. Hopper's designs were first shown at a trunk show in Dallas, but as a result of their popularity, expanded to New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. The brand draws on Hopper's heritage: the Brooke and Leland Hayward Papers, and Dennis Hopper's 18,000+ photographic catalogue, illustrating the complexity of the brand and the glamour of Hollywood history.^[15]

In 2016, Hayward debuted at Bergdorf Goodman's s in Manhattan. The Hollywood Reporter noted that Lisa Eisner, Cameron Silver, and Brooke Hayward attended the event, among others.^[16]

Hayward House[]

In 2014, Hopper put together a pop-up store in Napa, and since then has built a store in Manhattan in the former mansion of Grosvenor Atterbury.^[17] Hopper lives above the store on the top floors of the building, harkening back to the days when shopkeepers in New York lived above their businesses.^[18]

In designing the interior, Hopper intended to marry Hollywood glamour, an East Coast sensibility, and the Wild West.^[19] Hopper infused the wood-paneled rooms with contemporary furnishings: Murano glass globe lighting fixtures, a Venetian chandelier, and photographs and paintings by Dennis Hopper.^[20]

Personal life[]

In 2009, Hopper was named trustee for the Hopper Art Trust by her father Dennis Hopper.^[21] She has worked to preserve her father's legacy as a photographer, collaborating with museums,^[22] galleries,^[23] collectors,^[24] and universities to mount exhibitions, including at the Gagosian Gallery in Manhattan,^[25] the Royal Academy of Arts in London, the MAK Museum in Vienna,^[26] and the Picasso Museum in Malaga.

She has a daughter named Violet Hayward.^[27]

Bibliography[]

• Drugstore Camera (2015)
• Colors: the Polaroids (2016)
• Dennis Hopper: in Dreams: Scenes From the Archive (2019)

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